Terms of Use

Please read the following Terms and Conditions carefully.

Lakewood Media Group, LLC, including its subsidiaries and affiliates (“Lakewood Media Group”) requires that all visitors to this World Wide Web site owned, operated, licensed, and controlled by Lakewood Media Group (the “Lakewood Site”) adhere to the following Terms of Use. By accessing and using the Lakewood Site, you indicate your acknowledgement and acceptance of these Terms of Use. If you do not agree with these Terms of Use, you should not use the Lakewood Site. Lakewood Media Group may change, suspend or discontinue any aspect of the Lakewood Site at any time, including the availability of any feature, database or content. Lakewood Media Group may also impose limits on certain features and services and/or restrict your access to parts or all of the Lakewood Site without notice or liability of any kind. The terms and conditions of a Lakewood Media Group client's service agreement for any portion of the Lakewood Site will control in the event of any provisions that may conflict with these Terms of Use.

Restrictions on Use
All the Web products and services, information, materials, data, images, graphics, sounds and other components on the Lakewood Site (the "Contents") are copyrighted and owned or controlled by Lakewood Media Group unless otherwise noted. Any unauthorized use of the Contents on the Lakewood Site may violate copyright, trademark and other laws and intellectual property rights of Lakewood Media Group or third parties. Contents from the Lakewood Site may not be modified, copied or distributed, republished, uploaded, posted, decompiled, or transmitted in any way, without the prior written consent of Lakewood Media Group, except that you may download one copy of the Contents on one computer for your personal, non-commercial home or archival use only, provided you do not delete or change any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary notices contained therein. The Contents on the Lakewood Site are provided for lawful purposes only.

U.S. Government Restricted Rights
The Contents on the Lakewood Site are provided with "RESTRICTED RIGHTS." Use, duplication, or disclosure by the U.S. government is subject to restrictions as set forth in FAR52.227-14 and DFAR252.227-7013 et seq. or its successor. Use of the Contents by the U.S. government constitutes acknowledgment of Lakewood Media Group's proprietary rights in the Contents.

Digital Millennium Copyright Act
Lakewood Media Group has registered itself as a Service Provider and identified an agent with the United States Copyright Office in accordance with the terms of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (the "Act") and avails itself of the protections under the Act. Lakewood Media Group reserves the right to remove any Contents contained in or posted to the Lakewood Site that allegedly infringes another person's copyright. Notices to Lakewood Media Group regarding any alleged copyright infringement on a Lakewood Site should be directed to Lakewood Media Group's General Offices: P.O. Box 247, 27020 Noble Road, Excelsior, MN 55331. Tel: 952.401.1283.

Restriction of Liability
Lakewood Media Group WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR INJURY CAUSED BY ANY MATERIALS OR SOFTWARE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE, ERROR, OMISSION, INTERRUPTION, DEFECT, DELAY IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, COMPUTER VIRUS, OR LINE FAILURE. Lakewood Media Group WILL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY DAMAGES OR INJURY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, RELIANCE, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES THAT RESULT FROM THE USE OF, OR THE INABILITY TO USE, THE MATERIALS IN OR SOFTWARE AVAILABLE THROUGH THIS SITE, EVEN IF THERE IS NEGLIGENCE OR EVEN IF Lakewood Media Group OR AN AUTHORIZED Lakewood Media Group REPRESENTATIVE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, OR BOTH. THE ABOVE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU TO THE EXTENT THAT APPLICABLE LAW MAY NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. Lakewood Media Group'S TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL LOSSES, DAMAGES, AND CAUSES OF ACTION (IN CONTRACT, TORT , OR OTHERWISE) WILL NOT BE GREATER THAN THE AMOUNT YOU PAID TO ACCESS THIS SITE.

Submissions
All remarks, suggestions, ideas, graphics, or other information communicated to Lakewood Media Group through the Lakewood Site (together, the "Submission") will become upon communication and will forever be the property of Lakewood Media Group. Lakewood Media Group will not be required to treat any Submission as confidential, and will not be liable for any ideas for its business (including, without limitation, product or advertising ideas) and will not incur any liability as a result of any similarities that may appear in future Lakewood Media Group operations or Contents. Without limitation, Lakewood Media Group will have exclusive ownership of all present and future existing rights to the Submission of every kind and nature everywhere. Except as noted below in this paragraph, Lakewood Media Group will be entitled to use the Submission for any commercial or other purpose whatsoever without compensation to you or any other person sending the Submission. You agree to indemnify, defend and hold Lakewood Media Group harmless for any liability arising due to the use or distribution of those materials. You further grant Lakewood Media Group the right to use your name in connection with the reproduction or distribution of such material.

Personally identifiable information that may be received at the Lakewood Site is provided voluntarily by a visitor to the Lakewood Site and is governed by the terms of our Privacy Policy. You acknowledge that you are responsible for whatever material you submit, and you, not Lakewood Media Group, have full responsibility for the message, including its legality, reliability, appropriateness, originality, and copyright. You are prohibited from posting or transmitting to or from this site any unlawful, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, or other material that would violate any law. If applicable, Lakewood Media Group reserves the right to delete, move or edit messages that it, in its sole discretion, deems abusive, defamatory, obscene, in violation of copyright or trademark laws, or other wise unacceptable, and you waive any moral rights you may have in having the material altered or changed in a manner not agreeable to you.

Jurisdiction
Except as otherwise described, all Contents on the Lakewood Site are made available only to provide information about Lakewood Media Group and its services. Lakewood Media Group controls and operates the "Lakewood Media Group.com" site and makes no representation that the Contents on such Lakewood Site are appropriate or available for use in other locations. Other Lakewood Sites may be controlled and operated outside of the United States of America and may be subject to the laws of the country in which they are controlled and operated. If you use the Lakewood Site from a location other than the location where the site is controlled and operated, you are responsible for compliance with applicable local laws.

Disclaimer
The Contents on the Lakewood Site could include technical inaccuracies or typographical errors. Also, Lakewood Media Group may make changes or improvements to the Lakewood Site at any time. THE CONTENTS ON THE Lakewood Site ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND “AS AVAILABLE” AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE LAW. Lakewood Media Group DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, NONINFRINGEMENT AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Lakewood Media Group DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE FUNCTIONS CONTAINED IN THE CONTENTS WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THE Lakewood Site, OR THE SERVERS THAT MAKE THEM AVAILABLE, ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. Lakewood Media Group DOES NOT WARRANT OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE OF OR THE RESULTS OF THE USE OF THE CONTENTS ON THE Lakewood Site IN TERMS OF THEIR CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE. Lakewood Media Group MAKES NO COMMITMENT TO UPDATE THE MATERIALS ON THE Lakewood Site. YOU (AND NOT Lakewood Media Group) ASSUME THE ENTIRE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION. THE ABOVE EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU, TO THE EXTENT THAT APPLICABLE LAW MAY NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES.

Termination
Lakewood Media Group or you may terminate this agreement at any time. You may terminate this agreement by destroying all materials obtained from the Lakewood Site and all related documentation and all copies and installations. Lakewood Media Group may terminate this agreement immediately without notice if, in its sole judgment, you breach any of these terms or conditions. Upon termination, you must destroy all materials obtained from this site and all related documentation and all copies and installations. You may not access this site after termination of this agreement without the written approval of Lakewood Media Group, provided, however, that Lakewood Media Group shall retain all rights, including all copyright rights and the right to use Submissions as provided herein, and the limitations on use and treatment of the Contents shall remain in full force.

Linked Sites
The Lakewood Site includes links to other sites which are not maintained by Lakewood Media Group. Lakewood Media Group is not responsible for the content of those sites and makes no representations whatsoever concerning the content or accuracy of, opinions expressed in or other links provided by, such other sites. The inclusion of any link to such sites does not imply endorsement by Lakewood Media Group of the sites or any products or services referred to therein. Lakewood Media Group may terminate a link at any time. The terms of use and privacy policies applicable to such sites may be different from those applicable to the Lakewood Site. If you decide to access any third party site linked to the Lakewood Site, you do so entirely at your own risk and Lakewood Media Group shall have no liability for any loss or damage arising from your use of any such site.

Linking and Logo Policy
By linking to any page on the Lakewood Site, you hereby agreed to be bound by the following terms and conditions. Except as provided in this paragraph, Lakewood Media Group prohibits site caching, the use or posting of unauthorized hypertext links to the Lakewood Site and the framing of any Content available through the Lakewood Site. You may link to the Lakewood Site only via the Site's home page (i.e., www.Lakewood Media Group.com) or a designated gateway page. A gateway page is any page that is the first and primary page that serves as a starting point to a significant body of content. Links can be by text only and may only read "Lakewood Media Group." Images of the Lakewood Media Group logo can only be used for link purposes and can only be made with the express written permission of Lakewood Media Group. Any requests for such permission or for permission to link to the Lakewood Site in a manner other than as permitted in the preceding paragraph should be addressed to Lakewood Media Group General Offices: P.O. Box 247, 27020 Noble Road, Excelsior, MN 55331. Tel: 952.401.1283. By linking to the Lakewood Site, you acknowledge and agree that, other than as set forth herein, all rights to the Lakewood Media Group trademarks or service marks used on the Lakewood Site, the Content appearing on the Lakewood Site and the design of the Lakewood Site belong to Lakewood Media Group. You must not misrepresent your relationship with Lakewood Media Group or present false or misleading impressions about Lakewood Media Group. No links to the Lakewood Site may be used in a manner that implies or suggests that Lakewood Media Group approves or endorses you, your website or your goods and services (in all cases, except as Lakewood Media Group may have agreed separately with you in writing). Lakewood Media Group shall have no responsibility or liability for any content appearing on your website. You agree to indemnify and defend Lakewood Media Group against all claims arising out of or based upon your website. No link(s) may appear on any page on your website or within any context containing content or materials that may be interpreted as libelous, obscene or criminal, or which infringes, otherwise violates, or advocates the infringement or other violation of, any third party rights. Lakewood Media Group reserves the right at any time and in its sole discretion to request that you remove all links or any particular link to the Lakewood Site from your website. This is not a license, but subject to your compliance with the above terms, Lakewood Media Group agrees to grant you the use of the "Lakewood Media Group" name solely for the purpose of establishing a link to the Lakewood Site as permitted hereunder. Except for the limited permission to use the "Lakewood Media Group" name as set forth in this paragraph, you may not use any of Lakewood Media Group's trademarks or service marks for any other purpose without the express written permission of Lakewood Media Group. Lakewood Media Group may at any time, in its sole discretion, without cause, withdraw the permission granted herein to use the "Lakewood Media Group" name and your right to link to any pages on the Lakewood Site. In such event upon request, you agree to immediately remove all links to the Lakewood Site and to cease using the "Lakewood Media Group" name for linking purposes. Thereafter, any future links to the Lakewood Site will require the express written permission of Lakewood Media Group. Lakewood Media Group reserves the right to amend these linking terms and conditions at any time. By continuing to link to the Lakewood Site, you agree to be bound to and abide by these linking terms and conditions, as well as other legal terms of use and conditions on the Lakewood Site, as amended from time to time.

Miscellaneous
Lakewood Media Group may, without notice, revise these Terms of Use at any time by updating this posting. Your continued use of the Lakewood Site now, or following the posting of any changes or modifications, will indicate acceptance by you of such changes or modifications. These Terms of Use will be governed and be interpreted pursuant to the laws of the State of Illinois and the United States of America, notwithstanding any principles of conflicts of law. If any part of these Terms of Use is declared unlawful, void, or unenforceable, that part will be deemed severable and will not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions. Possible evidence of use of the Lakewood Site for illegal purposes will be provided to law enforcement authorities. This is the entire agreement between the parties relating to the use of the Lakewood Site.

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